Ο κ. Μακάριος επικρίνει αυτό που εν τέλει προάγουν αυτά τα μέσα, όπως λέει, και είναι η απομόνωση και η διάλυση των κοινωνικών και συναισθηματικών δεσμών με τους άλλους ανθρώπους.
«Στον σημερινό πολυπληθή κόσμο μας κυριαρχεί το συναίσθημα της μοναξιάς», σημειώνει ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος, ο οποίος κάνει αναφορά και στην αίρεση του «Δοκητισμού».
Ολόκληρο το μήνυμα του Σεβασμιωτάτου έχει ως εξής:
ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΣ
ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος τῆς Ἁγιωτάτης Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Αὐστραλίας, ὑπέρτιμος καί Ἐξαρχος πάσης Ὠκεανίας, τοῖς Θεοφιλεστάτοις Ἐπισκόποις, τῷ εὐαγεῖ κλήρῳ, ταῖς μοναστικαῖς ἀδελφότησι, τοῖς Προέδροις τῶν ἐντίμων Ἐκκλησιαστικῶν Συμβουλίων καί Φιλοπτώχων Ἀδελφοτήτων, τοῖς διδάσκουσι καί τοῖς διδασκομένοις ἐν τοῖς Σχολείοις, τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις ἐν τοῖς φιλανθρωπικοῖς καθιδρύμασι καί παντί τῷ χριστεπωνύμῳ πληρώματι τῆς ἐν Αὐστραλίᾳ Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας, χάρις εἴη καί εἰρήνη παρά τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ τεχθέντος Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ.
Τιμιώτατοι Ἀδελφοί συνεπίσκοποι καί ἀγαπητά μου παιδιά,
Μία ἀπό τίς αἱρέσεις πού ἀντιμετώπισε ἡ Ἐκκλησία μας στό διάβα τῶν αἰώνων ἦταν καί αὐτή τοῦ «Δοκητισμοῦ», τῆς πίστεως δηλαδή ὅτι ὁ Θεός Λόγος κατά τή Γέννησή Του, δέν προσέλαβε ὅλη τήν ἀνθρώπινη φύση οὐσιωδῶς καί πραγματικῶς ἀλλά μόνον φαινομενικῶς. Τοῦτο σήμαινει τήν ἄρνηση τῆς θείας Ἐνανθρωπήσεως καί ἄρα τήν ἀκύρωση τῆς θείας Οἰκονομίας γιά τήν σωτηρία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Εὔχομαι, ἐκ μέρους τῶν θεοφιλεστάτων Ἐπισκόπων, τοῦ εὐαγοῦς κλήρου καί ὅλου τοῦ χριστεπωνύμου πληρώματος τῆς πέμπτης ἠπείρου, νά ἐπικρατήσει ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Γεννηθέντος Χριστοῦ στόν κόσμο καί στή ζωή μας, τό δέ νέο ἔτος 2024 νά εἶναι γεμάτο ἐσωτερική πληρότητα γιά ὅλους μας, νά εἶναι χαρούμενο, εἰρηνικό καί σωτήριο γιά τούς οἰκείους Σας καί τούς συνεργάτες Σας, γιά τό Γένος μας καί τήν Ἐκκλησία μας.
Καλά Χριστούγεννα καί Χρόνια πολλά!
Ἐν Σύδνεϋ, τῇ 25ῃ Δεκεμβρίου 2023,
Ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπός σας
† Ὁ Αὐστραλίας ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΣ
MAKARIOS
by the mercy of God, Archbishop of the Most Holy Archdiocese of Australia, Primate and Exarch of All Oceania, to the God-loving Bishops, the gracious clergy and monastic communities, to the Presidents of the honourable Ecclesiastical Committees and Philoptochos Associations, to the teachers and students in the Schools, to those who work in the philanthropic institutions and to all the Christ-loving plenitude of the Orthodox Church in Australia, grace and peace from our Saviour Jesus Christ born in Bethlehem.
Venerable Brother fellow Bishops and my beloved children,
One of the heresies that our Church faced throughout the centuries was also that of “Docetism”; that is, the belief that God the Word, at His Birth, did not, in essence and in reality, take on the entire human nature, but did so only seemingly. This signals the denial of the divine Incarnation, and therefore the annulment of the divine Economy for the salvation of the human person.
Unfortunately, in our days, many Christians are characterised by such an understanding of “Neodocetism”, to the extent that their lives do not at all witness to the fact that the Son of God was incarnate “from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary” to give us a new and unique perspective of existence. One would say that today’s “Docetism” is the false and illusory “virtual reality” of social media and social networking sites, which ultimately promote isolation and the dissolution of social and emotional ties with other people. At the same time, this “virtual – docetic reality” of social networking sites disrupts our faith in the Incarnate God, since the human person feels omnipotent in the false world they have created with the ‘alleged’ power given to them by an impersonal and soulless electronic device, which keeps them far away from real life. Therefore, in our heavily populated world today, the feeling of loneliness dominates. It concerns a loneliness, which is not only emotional or psychological, but primarily ontological, because it can only be cured by the presence of God, Whom the world of “virtual reality”, unfortunately, tries to distance.
On behalf of the God-loving Bishops, the gracious clergy and all the Christ-loving plenitude of the Fifth Continent, I pray that the presence of our New-Born Lord will prevail in the world and in our life. May the new year 2024 be full of inner fullness for all of us; may it be joyful, peaceful and salvific for Your relatives and Your co-workers, for all People and for our Church.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
In Sydney, on the 25th of December 2023,
Your Archbishop
† MAKARIOS of Australia
